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 The
Academic Committee invites proposals for the 11th
International Conference on Oriental Carpets. The
deadline is September 1, 2006.
Proposals must include:
1. Title;
2. Session type you are applying
for (General, Special, Poster);
3. Abstract (detailed) of maximum
800 words;
4. Your name, postal address, e-mail,
telephone and fax number.
To enhance the quality of simultaneous translation,
we will need typed manuscripts of accepted papers
by February 1, 2007.
Proposed papers must be original and previously
unpublished works. Abstracts should identify new
information, arguments and supportive evidence.
Proposals must contain a clear description of the
visual materials that will be used in the presentation
-- and for publication. PowerPoint presentations
are preferred to 35mm slide projection. Local
Committee Organisers will convert presentations
from just about any form to the PowerPoint format
if they receive the input by February 1, 2007.
1. General Sessions: All traditional
areas of carpet studies will be considered, including
early and later nomad, village and workshop pile
carpets and flat-weaves gathered by geographical
origin (North Africa, Anatolia, Central Asia, Persia,
Caucasus, India, Tibet and the Far East, etc.).
Applicants are also invited to submit papers on
structure and technique, carpet designs and their
origin, relationships between textiles and carpets,
dating, documentary evidence, scientific tests,
conservation and restoration, fakes and copies,
collections and collectors, oriental carpets in
interiors. Maximum presentation is 25 minutes.
2. Special Sessions: These are
intended to improve the scientific quality of this
conference. A Session Leader will be responsible
for organising other Presenters and coordinating
each special session. Current suggestions include:
Carpets from the Amu Darya region in Central Asia;
Carpets and Textiles in Archaeology; Carpets from
Eastern Anatolia; and Seljuk Carpets. Special Sessions
will have a maximum of 4 papers each. The Session
Leader and other Presenters in the session will
decide how long each paper will be. Maximum
presentation time for each session will be a total
of 90 minutes.
3. Poster Sessions will be displayed
at the Swissotel. Each presentation should consist
of a maximum of two panels approximately 1 meter
(39”) in width and 1.5 meters (58”) in height. Poster
presenters must be present at their boards for discussion
during specified times. The Academic Committee will
also consider proposals for computer or video presentations
(CD-ROM and DVD).
Acceptance to present a paper at the 11th
ICOC carries with it the obligation of the author
to submit a written manuscript with publishable
visual materials for exclusive publication in Oriental
Carpet and Textile Studies (OCTS). Authors
who comply with all ICOC requirements for conference
presentations and for OCTS will not be required
to pay the basic conference registration fee. Shared
ac-commodations will be provided. Some travel expenses
may be available.
The 11th ICOC official languages are English, German
and Turkish, but all proposals and abstracts
must be submitted in English. Proposals
for an entire Special Session must include the names
and titles of all abstracts submitted, individual
authors’ names and contact information. Please
e-mail all queries and proposals to: aborale@tin.it
Alberto Boralevi, Academic Chair
Via S. Spirito 11
50125 Florence, Italy
Tel/Fax +39.055.211.423 |
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